TY - JOUR ID - 163009 TI - Studying the Inter-Peak Latencies of Auditory Brainstem Response in Menopause Women JO - Journal of Iranian Medical Council JA - JIMC LA - en SN - 2645-338X AU - Emami, Seyede Faranak AD - Hearing Disorder Research Center, Department of Audiology, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran Y1 - 2022 PY - 2022 VL - 5 IS - 4 SP - 677 EP - 684 KW - estrogens KW - Evoked potentials KW - menopause KW - Progesterone DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/jimc.v5i4.11341 N2 - Background: Changes in auditory function have been noted in post-menopausal women attributed in part to the lower levels of ovarian hormones. Decreased levels of ovarian hormones may alter auditory neurotransmission time, as evaluated by Auditory Brainstem Responses (ABR). Thus, objective of this study was comparison of mean inter-peak ABR latencies in post-menopausal women compared to non-menopausal women.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, research sample consisted of 60 women as case group in the age range of 45-55 years, who were post-menopausal and had normal hearing. The control group with similar characteristics were non-menopausal. Two groups were estimated by ABR and then the means of the variables that had a normal distribution were compared with each other by independent t-test.  Results: All differences between two groups were not significant, as follows; Mean I-III inter-peak ABR latencies (p-value=0.714), mean III-V inter-peak ABR latencies (p-value=0.691) and mean I-V inter-peak ABR latencies (p-value=0.483).Conclusion: Menopause does not cause abnormal results in auditory brainstem responses. UR - http://www.jimc.ir/article_163009.html L1 - http://www.jimc.ir/article_163009_803f12487c0c115d9b73df1b001fcc5d.pdf ER -